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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Motorists Fined

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

Leslie Clarence Adams was fined 10-, with 56 costs, for driving a motor car in Carlton Parade, Carlton, which was unregistered. Theodore…

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Noisy Motor Bike

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

Keith Farrell was fined 106 for riding his motor cycle in Bay Street, Rockdale, with a faulty exhaust pipe, thereby causing loud noises…

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Motor Car Capsizes. Six Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

Six persons were treated at Parramatta District Hospital last Saturday evening for injuries received when the car in which they were travelling…

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Motorist Fined

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 2

At the Kogarah Police Court last week, Robert Geo. Glendenning (47), woolbuyer, was fined £5 for having driven a car while under the…

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Woronora Cemetery. Fear of Expansion to Railway

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

Councillor Bingham stated at the last meeting of Sutherland Shire Council that a suggestion made recently that the council resume…

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Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

On Monday afternoon Dorothy Dent, aged ten years, of Prince's Highway, Blakehurst, was crossing Prince's Highway, when she was knocked…

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No Additional Trams for Alexandria

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

Replying to representations made by the council, the Department of Road Transport and Tramways, through Mr, W. J. McKell, M.L.A,…

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Good Motoring Advice

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

The officer in charge of the Roads and Tours Department, of the R.A.C.A. writes concerning road dangers: "The R.A.C.A. exhorts every…

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Industrial News Extra Hand on Motor Waggon No Jurisdiction, Says Magistrate

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

Holding that he had no jurisdiction to bear the complaint, the Chief industrial Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Prior, in a reserved Judgment delivered yesterday upheld all…

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Motor Cycle Classics Anniversary Day Fixtures At Hartley Big Entries

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

THE record prize-money which is being offered at the N.S.W. Tourist Trophy motor-cycle races at Hartley on Anniversary. Day, January 27, has acted as a most…

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Stop Signals on Trams

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 9

That the absence of some form of stop signal on trams constitutes a danger to other road traffic is the contention of Mr. J. O. Watson,…

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Motor Cycle and Car in Collison

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 5

Riding a motor cycle along[?] grave Street, Manly; last night, Leonard Norris, 21 of Harbour Road, Horbord, had his right leg…

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Motor Boats Back to Racing After Holiday

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 2

THE majority of R.M.Y.C. members will have returned from their holiday cruising and fishing expeditions in time for Saturday's racing, when…

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Re-joins Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

Mr. Eric Harding, private secretary to Sir Frederick Stewart, left for Melbourne last night to take up his work as Acting-Secretary of the…

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The State's Biggest Motor Cycle Event

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

If the entry list for the N.S.W. tourist trophy races to be held at Hartley on Anniversary Day, January 27, can be taken as a criterion, then racing out of the ordinary as far as thrills are concerned should be witnessed…

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Why Should'nt the Tram-driver Give "Stop" Signal ?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

THE only vehicle driver in N.S.W. who doesn't have to signal when he proposes to stop in traffic is the tram-driver…

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Contract Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5

The final sessions in the David Jones' Contract Bridge Challenge Cup will begin tonight in David Jones' auditorium, and will be continued next Monday and Friday…

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Bridge Tournament

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Entries are invited for members of the Maccabean Institute for a bridge tournament to be held shortly. No entrance charged, but, special…

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Main Roads. Huge Taxation

The St George Call · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

The Main Roads Board, in its 10 years' existence, has spent £29,120,000. Of this sum £12,960,994 came from motor taxation, and £5,457,119 from…

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